Improvement in stove-pipe shelves



D. C. WOLF .80 F. M. SAXBY.

STOVE-PIPE SHELF.

No.177,911. Patented May 23,1876..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID C. WOLF AND FRANK M. SAXBY, OF KEOTA, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOVE- PIPE SHELVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 177,91 1, dated May 23,1876; applicationfiled March 4, 1876.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that we, D. G. WOLF and F. M. SAXBY, of Keota, in the countyof Keokuk, and in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Stove- Shelves; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in a leaf provided withsemicircular hooks, in combination with a shelf or bracket havingslotted projections, whereby, when the leaf is horizontally secured tothe shelf or bracket, a bearing is formed under both shelf and leaf, ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in whichFigure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of ourinvention. Fig. 3 shows our invention applied to a general house-shelf.

A A represent two narrow shelves, out out in the-center of theiradjoining edges to fit around a stove-pipe, B. On the under side, aroundthe semicircular holes in the shelves, are flanges a a, which areconnected by bolts b, for fastening the shelves to the stove-pipe. Fromthe under side of each shelf A project two slotted projections, d d,beyond the outer edge a suitable distance, and to each of said shelvesis attached, as desired, a leaf or shelf,

0. This leaf is provided with semicircular hooks h h, projecting frombelow its inner edge.

turned outward and downward until it rests I upon said projections, andthe inner ends of the hooks it will bear against the under side of theshelf A. Thus the leaf 0 is held firmly.

As additional support, we have teeth i z'projectin g from the inner edgeof the leaf 0, and resting in recesses 00 w in the edge of the shelf A,as shown. I

This invention may be applied for general house-shelves by having abracket, D, secured to the wall, said bracket being provided with theslotted projections 01, and the leaf or shelf can then be attachedthereto.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The leaf 0, provided with the semicircular hooks h h, in combinationwith a shelfor bracket having slotted projections d d, whereby, when theleaf is horizontally secured to the shelf or bracket, a bearing isformed under both shelf and leaf, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 21st day of February, 187 6.

DAVID C. WOLF. FRANK M. SAXBY. Witnesses:

R. S. Bruce, B. F. WILsoN.

